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Király István SJ

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Birth data:: Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — December 4, 1919
Death data:: Toronto, ON, Canada — January 14, 1977
Denomination:: Roman Catholic
Ecclesiastical status:: religious
Diocese / Order:: jezsuita (Societas Jesu)

Ordination level:: priest
Entry into religious life:: Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary — August 14, 1938
Perpetual vows:: August 14, 1954
Priestly ordination:: July 15, 1950
Place of burial:: Courtland, ON, Canada
Other name used:: Windauer

Biographical data

He entered the order on August 14, 1938. He completed his novitiate and studies in rhetoric at Manréza. He studied philosophy in Košice from 1941 to 1944, served as a master in Satu Mare from 1945 to 1947, studied theology in Szeged from 1947 to 1949, which he completed abroad in Chieri. He was ordained a priest on July 15, 1950, and lived in Belgium until 1962. He took his final vows on August 14, 1954. He died of cancer at Wellesley Hospital in Toronto.

Foreign service locations

From	To	Place	Church / institution	Position
1949	1951	Chieri, Italy		pursuing studies
1951	1953	Leuven, Belgium		minister
1954		Wépion, Belgium		third
1955	1962	Charleroi, Belgium		the chaplain to Hungarian emigrant miners, and at the same time a religion teacher in Leuven and the leader of the Marian Congregation
1962	1977	Toronto, ON, Canada	Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség	Assistant pastor, spiritual director, and, from 1971, parish priest and superior of the Hungarian Jesuits in Canada.

Life timeline

Birth

December 4, 1919

Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Entry into religious life

August 14, 1938

Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary, currently Hungary

Service abroad

1949 – 1951

Chieri, Italy

pursuing studies

Priestly ordination

July 15, 1950

Service abroad

1951 – 1953

Leuven, Belgium

minister

Perpetual vows

August 14, 1954

Service abroad

1954

Wépion, Belgium

third

Service abroad

1955 – 1962

Charleroi, Belgium

the chaplain to Hungarian emigrant miners, and at the same time a religion teacher in Leuven and the leader of the Marian Congregation

Service abroad

1962 – 1977

Toronto, ON, Canada

Szent Erzsébet R. K. Egyházközség

Assistant pastor, spiritual director, and, from 1971, parish priest and superior of the Hungarian Jesuits in Canada.

Death

January 14, 1977

Toronto, ON, Canada

Sources

Bikfalvi: 116.;
https://leveltar.jezsuita.hu/index.php/hu/node/1793✓
New Yorki Magyar Élet, 1977-01-22., pp. 3.;
KMV: 1977-02-13., pp. 2.;
ABTL: HU - ÁBTL - I. - 2.2.1. - IV/1 Külföldön élő személyek kartonjai, 1430-1431.
Szolgálat: 35. (1977/3) pp. 100-102.;
Török: 370.;

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Király István SJ: personal record. In: Historical directory of Hungarian, Hungarian-descended, and Hungarian-speaking clergy serving abroad. Available at: https://www.diaszporalelkipasztorok.hu/persons_v2/view.php?id=533 (accessed: 2026-07-07).

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